An impressive idea

Rating: 7/10 (6 March 2019)

It's a movie with a great premise which has a couple of good actors and a very interesting set of events. It has good characters, likeable and credible, which make the time spent with this movie a real joy. It also has an interesting future world, well described through CGI, full of mysteries to be discovered by the protagonists. It manages to maintain suspense throughout its entire length thanks to its general lack of predictability, apart from the last part, keeping you guessing most of the time. It's not linear and it definitely knows how to create and maintain a mysterious but also thrilling atmosphere.
On the downside, the first part has a pretty slow pace, drifting slowly towards boredom, but picks up pace pretty quickly when the intense action sequences come into scene. Unfortunately, those seem much too exaggerated in order to be believable or even enjoyable. I can understand that exaggerations are necessary for such a film, but too much is simply too much, and this one apparently doesn't know when to stop. Another disappointing aspect about this one is the finale, which no matter how you look at is, is very predictable and honestly, not very satisfying.
Overall, it's a movie which impresses through its plot, world and especially premise. Together with a couple of good characters, it is able generate an entertaining and suspenseful watch which deserves your time. Too bad that its downsides drag it down a bit more than I had hoped, keeping it away from being the great movie that it had potential to be.